APT Main Event - KRW 1,300,000,000 GTD - Flight A (60 mins)

Yu Sheng Lin

After 10 one hour levels of play Taiwan's Yu Sheng Lin tops the APT Incheon - $1,000,000 Guaranteed - Main Event Flight A field. The first of four flights received a total of 223 entries and saw a total of 80 players bag for Day 2. Lin accumulated a total of 246,500 chips, which means he will bring over 150 big blinds into Day 2. Second in chips is China's Zhu Nan, who bagged 229,400 and the top 3 is completed by Adrian Boon Chye Chua from Singapore who gathered 223,000.

Lin's best performance at an APT event was a runner-up finish back in February 2019 during APT Taipei. Picking up his first win in a Main Event would be something Lin will be dreaming about starting tonight. Lin's total live tournament earnings are $94,164.

Defending APT Incheon Main Event champion Farhad Aghayev also made it to Day 2. After his first attempt went wrong, his second bullet hit the bullseye as Aghayev bagged an above-average stack of 147,800. The other APT Incheon Main Event winner that made it through is Dicky Siu Hang "Tricky Dicky" Tsang (136,200). The Hong Kong resident won the Mystery Bounty yesterday and will be a force to be reckoned with.

Dicky Siu Hang "Tricky Dicky" Tsang

Other familiar faces that made it to Day 2 are Estonia's Taago Tamm (215,000), poker superstar Wai Kiat Lee (153,100), Natural8 Team Hot members Yu Chung Chang (147,100), Hua-Wei Lin (101,500), and Danny Tang (90,000).

Top-10 Stacks of Main Event Flight A

Join us for Flight B tomorrow which will have slightly faster 45-minute levels and gets underway at 12pm local time.

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The players in the Main Event Flight A are down to their final 3 hands.

There was a lot of commotion at Table 41 as a massive preflop all-in took place between Natural8 Team Hot member Nevan Chang and Xingbiao Zhu.

Chang showed A♥ K♠, while Zhu tabled A♦ Q♣.

The flop came 6♥ T♠ 5♠. There was not much to worry about for Chang still, but that all would change when the Q♠ came off on the turn. The table and rail went crazy with excitement as Chang now behind had to hit any king, jack, or spade to win the hand.

A 3♠ on the river made Nevan Chang do a little happy dance while he raked in a massive pot. Zhu was left behind with only 7,000.

In the next hand, Zhu tripled up to 23,500.

When we arrived at Table 33 we saw Yang Zhang lead into Kazuo Yamamoto for 21,000 on a board of 9♦ K♦ J♥ 7♦ 3♣. The Chinese kept 30,000 behind and was put to the ultimate test by Yamamoto when he jammed over Zhang's bet all-in for 80,000.

Zhang angrily mumbled to himself before he mucked his cards. Yamamoto showed Zhang A♦ T♣ for ace high! What a bluff by the Japanese. Zhang furious with himself shaked his head and kept on mumbling.

An orbit later we saw Yang Zhang standing up from his table as he busted out.

Natural8 Team Hot WinPokerCouple (Nevan Chang & Wei Wei) are both still going strong in the Main Event Flight A. Nevan Chang is right now sitting on 73,500 while his partner Wei Wei is sitting on 87,000. During the last APT stop in Da Nang, Nevan Chang made the Main Event's final table. Ultimately, Chang would finish in 4th place, winning just over $56,000.

We just entered the last level of the day. One more 60-minute level before the players can bag up their chips.

Registration is still open, but this first out of four flights has received 223 entries.

On our way back to the media area we saw action brewing at Table 39 between Sparrow Cheung and Shenghao Wu. On a board of 5♥ 5♦ 2♠ J♣ Cheung fired 6,500 into Wu. The Chinese didn't buy "Captain Sparrow's" story and jammed all in for 34,600.

Cheung tanked for a good 2 minutes before making the call with K♠ J♥. Wu stood up from his chair before he revealed 8♥ 8♠. The river bricked out and we lost Wu just before we entered the last level of the day.

We arrived at Table 40 when the board ran out 7♥ 6♥ 5♦ 7♣ T♣, from the big blind Farhad Aghayev put his opponent Wai Kiat Lee to the test by putting him all-in for his last 37,700. In the pot at that moment were already 32,000 chips.

Lee went deep into the tank, but after a minute and a half had passed, he threw in a big chunk of purple chips into the middle.

Aghayev tabled Q♥ 9♦ for queen-high, while Lee showed K♦ 5♠.

That was an impressive call by Lee. Their table partner Taago Tamm, used a Phil Hellmuth classic to show his appreciation, "Honey, they called me with king-five!"

Aghayev slides down the chip counts after losing this big pot.

What a massive flight it has become. The Main Event Flight A is now sitting on 218 entries!

We just heard a 5-way blind all-in occurred in the Main Event. It was initiated by Natural8 Ambassador Danny Tang who just busted the Superstar Challenge. His close friend Wai Kiat Lee also joined the action.

When asked about who won the hand they both couldn't remember. "Look for the guy that has 200,000", is what Lee told us. Unfortunately, several players are already sitting on 200,000, so our mystery 5-way blind all-in player has not yet been revealed.